Improved haib-die and dbessim-oompotod



gents giants gaunt {fire Letters Patent 1%. 77,911, dated May 11, 1868.

IMPROVED HAIR-DYE AND DRESSINGGOMPOUND.,

fits gtlptule mum in in item; were 33mm unit mating mm at the same TO ALL WHOM IT MAY cononnm Be it known that I GEORGE F. PECKHAM, M. 1)., of Grafton, in the county of Lorain, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and improved Compound for the Hair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof. I V

The nature of my invention consists in combining the articles "hereinafter named for too urpose of giving the hair it beautiful gloss, rendering it,soft and pliable; to invigorate the scalp, and cause a rapid growth ofilm hair; to' make the compound durable, and prevent the soiling of the hands and clothing; in which pgrticulers I believe it excels all other compounds'now in use. 7 i

i To enable others" skilled in the art to make and use my compound, I will proceed to describe its composition and mode of compounding.

Pec'khams Russian Hair-Gloss and Renewer.

Take soft water, two gallons; isin glass, one pound", sugslr of lead, two ounces. Put then: in a. po elain kettle, in a sand-bath; apply n, gentle heat till the isinglass is all dissolved; increose the heat, and evaporate to two quarts. Then add spermaceti, three and one-half pounds; olive-oil, sevenpounds; lard, four and oneehalf pounds white wax, two and one-half pounds When all are incorporated remove from sand-bath, and stir till cool enough to be about the consistency of thick sirup. Then add lac-sulphur, four ounces. Perfume, and stir until cold, when it is ready for use.

Claim. What I claim as my own invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- i A compound composed of the ingredients, and in nearly the proportions, substantially as herein described.

GEORGE F. PEGKHAM, M. 1)

Witnesses:

A. 1). SMITH, G. T. Mnzrzrnson. 

